Name

Pierre Clémenti

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1942-09-28

Deathday

1999-12-27 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Biography

Pierre Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor.

Born in Paris, Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel.

In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs. Due to insufficient evidence, Clémenti was released after 17 months; later he penned a book about his time in prison. After his release he played the role of ever-optimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejev's scandalous movie Sweet movie, and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Haines's film adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf. Throughout his career, he continued to be active on-stage.

He was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films, which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films. New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared. La Revolution ce ne'est qu'un debut, continuons le combat, followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun. He died of liver cancer in 1999

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Little Lips
(30 Votes)
5.067

A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very ...

Relase Date : 8 Feb, 1978
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The Leopard
(959 Votes)
7.7

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilia...

Relase Date : 27 Mar, 1963
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The Conformist
(772 Votes)
7.641

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassin...

Relase Date : 29 Jan, 1971
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Belle de Jour
(1,024 Votes)
7.31

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with...

Relase Date : 24 May, 1967
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Exposed
(16 Votes)
4.8

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind a...

Relase Date : 22 Apr, 1983
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Pigsty
(165 Votes)
7.012

Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father...

Relase Date : 2 Sep, 1969
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Zoo zéro
(12 Votes)
5.2

Eva is a singer in a Noah's Ark themed nightclub, where the guests wear animal masks. She ...

Relase Date : 9 May, 1979
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Le Pont du Nord
(42 Votes)
6.8

Marie is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste, a young paranoid needing compan...

Relase Date : 24 Mar, 1982
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6.089

Stefano Augenti, an ambitious advertising executive, meets a curious hippie named Count Ma...

Relase Date : 22 Apr, 1971
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6.4

Best known for his roles in Belle de jour, Sweet Movie, and many more, Pierre Clementi was...

Relase Date : 2 Jul, 1976
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